Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar
Hosted by Emily Jashinsky, Griffin Davis, Krystal Ball, Ryan Grim & Saagar Enjeti · 75 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
Breaking Points is a fearless anti-establishment multi-week Youtube and Podcast which holds the powerful to account hosted by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti
Episodes 75
- Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 24mIran’s retaliation tests U.S. defenses as bond fears growThe episode connects a widening military confrontation, financial fragility, and unresolved questions about warnings before the October 7 Hamas attack.
- Sep 8, 2026 · 48 minFetterman’s Senate record meets Wall Street’s private-credit gambleThe episode connects questions about a senator’s priorities with the personal judgment and financial structures shaping modern private markets.
- Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 19mOil shocks expose the cost of fragile supply linesThe episode connects higher fuel prices to constrained shipping capacity and asks whether increasingly autonomous AI systems need deliberate limits.
- Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 49mDiesel shock meets AI safety fears and political realignmentThe episode connects immediate economic pain and war-driven inflation to deeper fears about autonomous AI, political power, and institutional control.
- Sep 3, 2026 · 1h 3mIran conflict tests US power as allies hedgeThe episode connects battlefield escalation, financial distrust, and attacks on European infrastructure to a broader challenge to U.S. influence.
- Sep 3, 2026 · 1h 2mIran war and AI fears expose GOP’s 2026 fault linesThe episode connects a difficult Republican midterm outlook with unresolved questions about whether autonomous AI systems can remain under human control.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 1h 22mIran war jolts markets and tests Washington’s constitutional limitsThe episode connects an unclear military campaign to civilian harm, congressional paralysis, financial instability, farm costs, and Democratic electoral battles.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 38 minEpstein files, Gaza propaganda and AI’s jobs reckoningThe episode links demands for political transparency, escalating regional symbolism and automation fears to broader questions about power and accountability.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 54mWar, bond-market stress and midterm fears convergeThe episode connects foreign-policy escalation, weakening confidence in government debt, household strain and Republican electoral vulnerability.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 58 minHasan Piker challenges Democrats’ strategy for confronting TrumpThe discussion tests whether progressive confrontation and online organizing can expand Democratic coalitions or deepen their electoral liabilities.
- Aug 31, 2026 · 60 minPrediction markets test political influence as AI risks become harder to readThe episode connects emerging power struggles in politics and technology to institutions struggling to regulate, interpret, and contain them.
- Aug 31, 2026 · 1h 7mIran war strains Pentagon as oil and speech battles widenThe episode connects military dissent, disrupted energy flows, Venezuela’s oil politics, settler violence, and mounting pressure on journalism about Israel.